from Luke Fox of Sportsnet,

Frozen rubber on ice. Twelve bodies and 12 sticks crisscrossing a confined space at high speeds and zipping that vulcanized black thing at even faster ones.

Hockey's randomness blesses and curses its participants with (un)lucky bounces, and there was no question which of the two Eastern Conference titans benefitted from the puck's happier fortunes on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Arena.

"Three goals, three kind of fluky bounces," Auston Matthews shrugged, following the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 loss at home to the New York Rangers.

Because the score belies the performance, no one on the Rangers was overly celebratory. No one on the Leafs was bemoaning a weak effort.

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